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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

So far the number of visitors to the
Yellowstone park has been, perhaps, one
third or even one-haIf less than that OF
last year; but those that do visit the park
are doing it more thorough and leisurely
The interest is deepening, as many new
and wonderful objects are being brought
into notice. Gen. ". II. Brown, of Wash
ington, took an eight days tour in the
park in the latter end of August, spend
ing one day at the lake. He was accom-
panied by W. c. Mcmillan, also of Wash
ington.
On August 80 DR.. and Mrs. John 2.
Newman also returned from a six days
tour in the park, and were also invigOrat-
ed and delighted with their journey. The
doctor had been severely injured in the
region af the spine while riding in one
of those Pacific coast stages, having had
three physicians attending him in Port
land. Tbs doctor returned vastly i'm
proved IN health and furnished with fresh
material for a thousand sermons drawn
from mountain, canyon and geyser. At
the upper geyser basin there WIS an mus
uaIIy brilliant exhibition of great geysers
IL action. Ex-Governor Aicorn, of Miss
issippi, and his two lovely and talented
daug hters, Senator Sabin and family,
Hon. n. d. Hyde, of Boston, and family,
with numerous d. DIS and l. L. DIS
we're present to witness the exhibition.
While visiting the -Four Sisters about sun
down, chain lake of great beauty in the
third one Of which there is a gaseous
geyser that has become q subject of great
interest to visitors, it was explained how
the turbulent geyser, the third sister,
came to be called the Mugwump- In Sep
TENDER, 1854, while the air vas full of
politics, party of ladies and gentlemen
was much entertained By this impetuous
disturber of the otherwise pesceable and
and harmonious -Four Sisters One lady
remarked, well, should say that this Is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
Upland RiCr

Upland or white rice is coming rapidly
forward as profitable crop for poor pine
land. Mr.. Peters, of Lautey, La, says
The Sugar Bowl, is raising this crop sue
cessfully on very thin, poor land. H.
sows the seed from May to July, it re-
quires summer heat to terminate, and if
sowed earlier than May often fails to
come up. Mr.. Peters prefers the virgin
soil, it is one of the few crops that bring
good results on poor pine land the first
year. The land is broken by plow aud
harro we'd thoroughly, the seed is then
scattered broadcast, one and a half
bushels per acre and narrowed in. He
harvests it with a common grain cradle
in August and September, binding it in
tolerable small sheaves. This is IN order
to let it cure quicker, since the summer
is the rainy season here, and any forage
crop needs to be housed or well stacked
at once. After being cut the rice sprouts
from the roots and affords good pastur
age at time when the piney woods
grasses are wary and dry. The cattle like
it, it gives a good milk flow and remains
fresh and green for three months.
Threshing at leisure with a fail, The
lack of hulling mill is a serious draw
back to its production. If enough could
be raised in one section to warrant the
establishment of mill it wead render
rice growing more profitable on This &C
count, and Mr.. Peers is obliged to use it
wholly for stock, principally horses and
chickens. 1t is most excellent feed fer
the latter and horses work on it as they
would on oats and they will eat the straw
readily as the grain. The yield on raw
sod without manure is about twenty bush
els per acre.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
Health of Sheep.
Practical Farmer.

1t will be found that careful attention
to the feeding and general treatment of
sheep, especially in winter, will prove
pretty sure preventative of sickness.
Thousands of sheep receive wretched
care, and their owners are not aware of
1t. The fockmaster who provides no
shelter for his sheep and leaves them to
be pelted by the cold storms, certainly
ought to know that he is not taking care
of his sheep. The fockmaster who does
not furnish ais flock with enough to eat
or water, ought to know that he IL abus-
ing 1t. But there is quite as much abuse
of sheep through what men regard as
very humane treatment as there Is through
absolute neglect. 1t is not quite enough
TO provide shelter. 1t should be proper
shelter. As between shutting sheep up in
an unventilated barn and giving them no
shelter at all, the latter is probably pre-
ferabie. As between feeding improper
foods and feeding insufficiently, there is
not much cSoicG. Either will likely kill
the sheep. Il should always be distinctly
understood that the sheep does not mind
the cold. Nature has provided 1t with
sufficient protection from at least ordi-
nary cold. But It cannot stand storms.
Therefore in providing shelter it is not
lAdb II " DC oSNGAs. c4E
protection from storms. 1t is always well
enough to have the shelter arranged SO
that it may be entirely enclosed if neces-
sary- But shed open on one side Will
answer the purpose. If enclosed, the
ventilation should be perfect The air
should be kept in motion, though care
should be taken not to have the animal
in a draft The pe1t important matter
about q sheep barn is cleanliness The
stables should be cleaned out often
enough to prevent the formation and es-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

The largest oak standing in England,
writes CORES pOndent of the Scientific
American, is the CowthrOpe oak, measur-
ing seventy eight feet in circumference
at the ground. Tradition says at one time
the tree and its branches covered an acre
of grOand. [ visited this tree a few years
ago, and although quite hollow and its in.
terror made to serve for a calf pen,
some of its branches still have plenty of
leaves and acOTns. A few miles from
Cowthrope stands a farm house. On the
lawn stands y majestic oak, as to size
and beauty such a tree as we seldom see
in a month walking tour. A certificate
is kept in the farmhouse which states
that the tree on the lawn was an acorn
planted from ''the big oak at COwthOrpe."
Dates are given. The parliamentary oak
in Clipstone park IL supposed by the
ancient chroniclers to be 1,500 years old.
This park existed before the conquest
(1O66), and belongs to the duke of Port
land. The ''tallest oak in England be
lOnged to the same nobleman. 1t was
called the Dukes walking stick" and was
higher than Westminster abbey. The
"Three Shire oak" near Workshop, is so
called because its branches stand in three
counties-N ottingham, Derby, and York.
Perhaps the most productive oak was
that of Gelemos, in Monmouthshire
felled in 1910. It's bark was sold for
$1,000 and its timber for $3.50. In the
mansion at Tredegar park, in Monmouth
shire, there Is room fortyt Vo feet long
and twenty-seven feet broad, the floor
and wainscot of which are the product of
a single tree feIled on the estate. In DR..
Avnter's edition of "EveIyn's Sylvia; is
a figure of the Cowthorpe oak already
alluded to. About a mile and a half from
Shrewsbury there formerly stood an oak
forty four feet circumference at the base,
twenty-seven feet circumference at eight
feet from the ground. There formerly
stood in Hamault forest, near Barking,
Essex, tree called the FairlOp oak,
thirty-six feet in circumference. Mr..
Gilpln, in his Forest Scenery" says
that tradition says that the tradition of
the country traces this tree halfway NJ
to the Christian era. This tree was
naturally the pride of the villagers in the
district, aud according to the annals of
the neighbOrhoOd received its name of
Fairlop in this way: The farmer on
whose estate the tree grew wanted to lop
off branch. The villagers objected.
The farmer, however, in lieu of the
branch agreed TO give the parishiOners
bean feast annually. This was agreed
to, and the annual fair was called Fair
lop. This tree fell some years ago, and 1
think its wood was made into q pulpit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

Th crop report issued by the Agricul-
tural Bureau is very discouraging as to
apples. 1t says the apple crop will be
very short in every section where extern
sively grown. Prospects have been IN
favorable from the beginning of the sea-
son, and the condition has steadily de-
clined at each report. Only in New Eng
land and New York was there at any time
prospect of even medium crop, and
their condition has seriously fallen off,
suffering a marked decline during the
past month.
Elsewhere generally the product will be
limited. The Atlantic and Gulf States
lose much from drouth, rotting, and
dropping from insect injuries. There
will in none of this section be fruit for
more than home consumption, ano in
some States not even that. The returns
from Ohio westward are of very SINH
lar tenor, condition IN most of the States
standing at the lowest figure ever re
ported. There is an exception in the
case of Michigan, where crop but
slightly under the average of non-bear
ing years is indicated.
On the Pacific coast condition is com
paratiyely high, indicating crop of
medium proportions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
Nutritious HAY.
American AgriculturiSt.

To make hay so as to retain all the
good qualities and nutrinent of the grass
the grass or clover, or any other fodder
crop, must be cut when it is in its first
stage of blossoming. 1t then contains
the most of the valuable nutritious ele-
ments, and the least of the indigeStible
matter. And to preserve these nutritious
elements from loss, the grass must be
cured in the shade, without exposure to
the suns light and heat, and dried by
some heating process. In England the
very best of hay is made by drying the
newly-cut grass by artificial heat, in a
machine constructed for the purpose.
The grass or clover is cut and dried at
once, and retains its bright green color,
its fragrant odOr-given out by the es
sertial oils contained in the grass, and
which are absorbed directly into the cows
system, pass into the milk, and go into
the cream and butter-and its contents
of starch, gum, and sugar. With our
favorable climate, we do not need this
drying apparatus; we can gain the same
ends without it. We cut the young grass
or clover, and leaving it on the ground
few hours only, to get rid of the outer
moisture, and wilt it thoroughly; then
put it up in heaps, or cocks, and cover it
with hay caps, made of squares of strong
cotton sheetIng, fifty four inches wide;
leave it to fermeut and heat slightly,
which it does naturally. This heat drives
off the moisture, and cooks-so TO speak
to some extent the woody fiber, and
changes it into starch, the gum, and
sugar, and makes it easily digestiole and
nutritious. And if it does not actually
produce these changes, it prepares the
fiber for digestion in the stomach of the
COW, so that it can there undergo the
changes by which it is converted into
the sugar of the milk and the fat of the
cream.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

One of Washington Irving's most de-
lightful sketches Is that which tells of a
wealthy man who had married a fashion
able woman and shortly after their mar
riage lost all his property. The poor
man suffered fortunes at the thought of
how his wife would feel when she knew
the facts, but to his surprise and Joy she
went from the big city house, with its
fine furniture, to the little cottage in the
country, with light heart and a merry
countenaDce, and their happiness was IN
interrupted.
This was probably mere fancy sketch
of IrVing's, but it has been many time
matched and more than matched in real
life. And 1t should be the true and only
story of welded life where misfortune
has interviewed in spite of the husbands
honest exertions. The old fashioned idea
of marriage was that it was marriage for
life and It will be good thing when that
idea shall become prevalent again.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

cape OF ammopia from the manure. And
right here We desire TO caution the shep-
herd from reaching the conclusion that
there is no ammonia present because he
does not detect it when entering the
stable. He must remember that the sheep
are very much closer TO the source of the
ammonia thar he is, and if he will insist
upon neglecting to clean out the stable
only when he detects ammonia, ne should
get down on level with the sheep. The
ammonia is created BY mixture of lit
ter, droppings and danppess. Dcop-
pings themselves will not give off am
mOGia.
In the matter of feeding there are very
grave defects in the average method. In
consequence of our neglect in this coun-
try to grow roots TO the extent that We
should, our sheep are deprived in winter
of an element in their food that would
prove great promotive to their health.
They are fed 100 much dry food. and
very often food that is almost exclusively
of fat forming character. The result
Is that before the winter Is over the blood
Is made feverish, the digestion is i'm
paired, and train of diseases may be
looked for. Every spring thousands of
sheep are sick, and the cause in ninety
nine cases out of hundred is the method
of feeding that we have described With
little exercise, and perhaps bad housing,
they have been filed for months with dry
fattening foods. 1t is not q matter of
wonder that so many sheep become dis
eased under such circumstances. The
wonder is that SO few sickeL. If our sheep
could be fed on tQrnips, beets, man
COLDS etc, cut up and mixed with ground
Z
health. Good judgment is always the
best guide as to the proportion of roots
to feed. They are very largely composed
| of water, 1t must be remembered and
| therefore are not fitted for the bulk of
the food. few pounds day, ? pouxds
day say, would be all that would be
necessary, and the quantity might be
| greater or less according to circumstan-
| ces. Breeding ewes should not be fed
| too heavily on roots in winter for obvi-
Gus reasons. We are speaking, the
| reader must recollect, of course of
| feeding that will be prevention of or a
| remedy for disease, and are not con
! sidering the subject of feeding IN its re-
! lation to the best general results. Tsen
| again, if the bone and muscle forming
| foods, such as oats, bran, mlddIings and
| oil meal are fed altogether of princi pal
| ly, that will accom- phsh the object in a
very satisfactory degree. Oil meal is a
very excellent article as a medicine. If
sheep are fed quarter of pound of it
Fer day it will be preservative of health.
The matter of cost, however, often stands
in the way of feeding any of it. Then
| feed the other bone and muscle forming
| foods that have been mentioned. Pro
vide good supply of water and salt regu
! larry. These are the fundamental prin-
clPles Of p operly keeping sheep.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
AHHA
N Ais
YOU

DO You feel duh, lauSuid, low-Spirited, I y
H'SS ana iudCSCrlb3bly miserable, both PHYS
c1llN and mentally; experience \ sense q
tGtOySS or NtNStlOE after eating, or Of sylNnt
hess, Or emptiness Of stomach in the mors
my. tongue coated. bitter or had taste l
Eoutb, lrrCguaC appetite, dizziness, fv,,luCt
headaches, burrS<i oversight, floating SpCCkS
before the eyes, nervous prNStratlNu " CN
hsjN>;tNN. lrrlEihlh,E OF temper, hot OUSht-
al, rvuauuE with chilly sensations. shan
tNyt dvNwSlu ~ after meals, Ny3kCtuiDCSS. Ot
Disturbed and UuCNtrSShluC sleep. Constant.
tnoCSyv,oaNC feeling II dread, " Of lUpJi. d
'UE Cl.@"lty2
II NrU have ALL or amy considerable number
Ni iat>N symptoms, NpIs avC suffering tVNyu
y.s2t most common VI American lu5lf2itvS
NHNuS Dyspepsia. Cr Torpid Liver, associated
Ml|0 t'NSNCpStsl Nr Indigestion. The more
NNWNANMvu Your disease has NCCNuC, the
~iNA'Er lEN nNNNNr and diversity ut SNnN-
EGr. E1j<rCC'~ sSoidCn Medical Discovery
viii SWNuUC 10. II taken aryNritug to dlr,,,e
tons for u rSNaSNuahlC length VI time. II NOT
CuU'3, complications multiply ana COuSuwr-
tl'a ot i&N Lungs. SKIN Diseases, Heart Disease,
rheumatism. Kidney Disease. Ng other grave
maladjgS an, quite liable ~ SIT IN and. SrNuCl
or later induce Il fatal termination
DU. piCvCC's Golden Medical bis.
CCEErS acts powerfully upon the Liver. and
tnrNWGh that great blood purity wing organ.
ENr.tloS from waalyvGr cause arl>luS. Il Is
equally C8lgGvlNuS IN acting upon IN, Md
NyNS, and other CNCphroTg organs, cleansing,
/ STRENGTHENING, ami healing their dlS,glSyS rs
an aNNvtlElNE, restorative tome, Il promotes
/ NlEVSIlNN and nutrition, thVryNN huIhilnw I'm
both flesh and SiUcugth. In waarial districts,
{ tins WONDERFUL Ul,SitV.UC has galuCa pv,lt
Cv.rNr1tN M curing ENNvV AMI NSuC. Chllls and
ICNCr, Dumb AGuC. ana kindred diSCaS,'S.
Dr. RiCrcC's Golden Medical Dis
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
FARM. HOME AND GARDEN.
= RAINY DAY.


When the summer sky is heavy
And the grass IS wet with rain,
When We hear the ceaseleSs pattsr
OF the drops against the pane,
Let u hasten 10 the attic
Where the ShaCOws dzrSIy crown
The c0b~p6s and the clapbOards,
And the TafIerS grim and brown.
There it stands back in the corner.
Covered Ger with dust. the wheel
That our z anddaSae used for spiuDing,
And the quaint old asAioned reel.
There's the muSket. old and rusty,
Twas grandslre'S long ago
WI 60 he FASTENED to the battle
In his vaIor and his glow.
Hung on pegs, row OF dresses,
Bonnets. garments, out If style:
Could you see them deck their wearers
You would only stop and smile.
Dainty slippers, slim and PEAKED.
Hlgh-heeled, very trim ard gay;
Now they're only dIGgy satin
With their rUsetteS somOer gray.
There's a spinnet with its wires
Covered o er with yellow rust;
Touch the key s-no chords OF music
Follow, but a cloud of dust
But It's said your z anddame used TO
Woo the galIanTs to her S'oe;
And It's said she rent their hos ms
With the spinnets ripping tide
Here's chip hat old and battered,
An the remnants or doll;
Here's a wire cage your uncle
Brought from China with poll;
Here's a hoop GU uS-d to trundie
When you wore your pants at knees;
Here's a kite you used to gaiiy
Sa upon the summer b. eeza.
here are countless precious treasures
Put with loving care away,
Just to greet your grown-up fancieS
All upon a rainy day.
But the summer sky is clearing.
Quit the attic and come Gown;
Leave the quaint Ciu tokens up there
Meath the rafters grim and brown.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

-Four flies were in search of breakfast,
One found some jelly and RECALLED him
self. The jelly was not genuine, and the
fly turned upon his back.
Thu second fly, seeing the sad fate of
his friend, resolved to eat plain bread.
But there was so much alum in the bread
that he, too, turned over and breathed his
last.
The third fly attacked a glass of beer,
but the aloes laid him out cold.
The fourth fly seeing that everything
eatable was tempered with, resolved to
commit suicide, He found some fly pa
per on which was inscribed Death to
flies" He partoOk freely, but the more
he ate of il the better he felt. He stuck
to the fy paper, and lived to good old
age.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

The villagement scheme in New Yea
land is reported to be working well. Under
it small farms of one acre TO fifty acres
are sold or leased on easy terms by the
government, and moaeyis advanced at )
per cent to the occupiers for building a
house and clearing the land, the limit to
any one person being $40. The price of
the land, if sold, is 60 each for alIotments
not exceeding one acre, and 81 az acre
for tn small farms. Where the land is
leased the rent is only per cent. on the
capital sum, or l shilling an acre. Thus
a NAN may hire twenty acres of land for
a gear, and if he borrows ego for a house
and go for clearing eight acres of the
land. his total yearly payment viii be o.
Iy 60.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

Il s'pose you'd take mans last cent
for a drink here?" exclaimed a respecta-
addressed individual with red nose as
he walked in and leaned OBJ the bar of a
railroad place saloon yesterday. with
pleasure" replied the afable attendant.
The first speaker ordered drink of
brandy, which he quafed With an appre-
ciatiye gurgle. followed by a smack of his
lips. Reaching down into the corner of
his pocket the customer resurrected red
penny. laid i. on the counter and aston
ished the bartender with the two words:
Last one.-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
4 SUicidr'S Enitanh.

George H. Churchill committed suicide
IN San Francisco by taking poison. In a
letter to the Coroner he says that he was
driven to it because he had been in i'll
health for years and unable to work.
And he continues: at takes money to live,
and 1t requires work to get money, and L
em unable to work, too proud to beg and
not smart enough to steal. l am compel
led by the unfortunate circumstances in
which [ am placed to end life which has
become burden to me-" He even ap-
pended an epitaPh which he had himself
composed and which he wished inscribed
upon his tombstone:
Here unfortunate Churchill lies;
Nobody laughs, nobody cries;
Where he's gone, how he fares
Nobody knows, nobody cares.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30
FARM.

Maine woman, who takes pleasure in
her poultry, has adopted q simple but
excellent method for keeping chickens
at home. She ties a small corn cob TO
one leg, allowing it to dangle at dis
lance of about six inches. The fowl can
scratch and get about with ease, but, it is
said, will not attempt to fly over the pal
ings or squeeze through g crack.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

even Wien We SIT in wei drained house
with two policemen patrolling under the
window-nor how long we have tolive. IL
is all arranged for US, my sons, so what is
the use of bothering2
1t was nearly midday when we made our
dive into darkness, and we had set our
watch Good and Umslopogaas) at two,
having agreed that it should be of dura-
ton of five hours At seven O'Clock, ac-
cordingly, Sir Henry and | went on, Sir
Henry at the bow and at the stern, and
the other two lay down and went to sleep.
For three hours all went well; Sir Henry
only found II necessary to once push US off
from the side, and l noticed that but little
steering vas required to keep rs straight.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-30

the clown of the geysers." a magnifi-
cent kicker" said another; a mug
wump, and no mistake" said q third; and
The Mugwump" it has remained sver
since.